Industry data shows automobile makers sold only about 600 fewer strong hybrid cars — which combine a petrol or diesel engine with electric motor — than electric cars between Oct 2022 and May 2023.
Modifications to Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme reduces incentives cap for two-wheelers to 15% of ex-factory price, instead of current 40%.
In the first six months of FY 2022-23, India saw highest-ever EV sales where UP and Delhi are leading. Meanwhile, states with larger incentives see superior e-2W market growth.
Cutting trade ties with Pakistan is easier said than done: the neighbouring country is Afghanistan’s largest single trading partner, taking in 45 per cent of Afghan exports in 2024.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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